Saighan District (also Sayghan District) ( prs, سیغان) is part of
Bamyan Province
Bamyan Province ( prs, ولایت بامیان) also spelled Bamiyan, Bāmīān or Bāmyān is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central highlands of the Afghanistan.
The terrain in Bamyan is mountainous or semi-m ...
,
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. it has a population of 23,215.
[Bamyan PDP Provincial profile]
. National Area Based Development Program, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2007), citing as a source: "CSO/UNFPA Socio Economic and Demographic Profile" (2003). Archived fro
the original
on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2008. It was created in 2005 from part of
Kahmard District, and until 2004 was part of
Baghlan Province.
Saighan town is the largest town and the administrative center. The district has an area of 1,741 km
2 and contains sixty-two villages.
[Summary of District Development Plan, Saighan District, Bamyan Province]
. National Area Based Development Program, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. September 2007. p. 3. Archived fro
the original
on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2008.[ Neighboring districts are ]Bamyan District
Bamyan ( fa, بامیان) is a district of Bamyan province in Afghanistan. In 2003, the population was put at 70,028, of which the majority group is Hazaras. New Zealand peace keepers operate in the district as well as most of Bamyan Province.
Vi ...
to the south, Yakawlang District to the west, Kahmard District to the north, and Shibar District to the east.
Economics
The Da Eman Coal Deposits are located in Sayghan District, but have yet () to be fully commercially exploited.
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The majority of economic activity is agriculture: farming in the valleys, mostly wheat, potatoes and barley; and stock raising mostly sheep, donkeys and goats.["UNHCR Sub-Office Central Region, District Profile Saighan District"]
accessed 25 November 2008
See also
* Districts of Afghanistan
The districts of Afghanistan, known as ''wuleswali'' ( ps, ولسوالۍ, ''wuləswāləi''; fa, شهرستان, ''shahrestān'') are secondary-level administrative units, one level below provinces. The Afghan government issued its first d ...
* Bamyan Province
Bamyan Province ( prs, ولایت بامیان) also spelled Bamiyan, Bāmīān or Bāmyān is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central highlands of the Afghanistan.
The terrain in Bamyan is mountainous or semi-m ...
Notes
Districts of Bamyan Province
Hazarajat
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